The track has been covered by artists in a variety of genres. At the 1998 Brit Awards, the song was nominated for Best British Single. Its animated music video, directed by Magnus Carlsson, was placed on heavy rotation on MTV, although the network censored portions containing nudity in the US. The track has appeared regularly on lists of the best songs of all time, including NME 's and Rolling Stone 's respective 500 Greatest Songs of All Time lists. "Paranoid Android" charted at number three on the UK Singles Chart, their highest-charting position in the UK to date, and received acclaim from music critics, many of whom compared it to the songs " Happiness Is a Warm Gun" by The Beatles and " Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. The name is taken from Marvin the Paranoid Android from the science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The song is over six minutes long and contains four sections. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar. " Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album OK Computer (1997) on. For other uses, see Paranoid Android (disambiguation).
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